San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-12
A Chapter About.the Jews, No. 2.

have been scattered In al! the nations OF
the earth aud have had neither coun-
try nor u government OF their own. for
nearly two thousand years? Most clear
~ this phenomenan is supernatural.
The infidel may SCOT, the sceptic may
pile one doubt upon another, like 'Ossa
upon Z, lton"-ihe modern Philistine
may sneer and deride, but the preserva-
tiOn OF the Jews, as a distinct race,
stands forth as q living attestation OF
the fullfiilment Of the prophecy In the
Old Testament, respecting their dlsper-
sion and preservation. There Is no
ground for the pretence that the proph-
ecy in question WAS promulgated Gfrr
the DISPERSION Of the jews had occurred,
since the prophecy was contained In the
oepiuaginl version OF the Old Tests-
meDt that was translated into Greek, ut
Alexandria, in Egyp pit, before the. birth
Of Christ, rs In the Old Testament, pre-
served la Hebrew amongst the jews at
Jerusalem, in the time OF the apostles.
The dispersion Of the Jews was begun
and contaminated By the Roman en-
perOrs after The age OF the apostles, and
long after the prophecy WIS promul-
gated. This dispersion was 0ocasioned
by the frequent and desperate rebelliOus
OF the Jews against the Roman power,
and II recollect Alright, was begun and
systematically carried on by the emper-
or Hadrian. IL IL an atirOnt to common
sense, then, to pretend that the prophe-
cy WAS made after the dispersion. Pro-
fame history shows the absolute falsity
OF suuh n pretence. The fultiilment Of
the prophecy Is still going o. before our
eves. We can no more doubt IL, than
we can doubt the rising and setting OF
the guD, or seed time and harvest. Jews
are 70 br I ubd scattered amoDg all Ia
tions, but, no matter where found, they
are dstinctively Jews-are still
peculiar people.
so far MS national facial features, Gus
toms, religion and race characteristics
are concerned. "lntermingled with all
nations. but uniting with none. distin-
guished by their attachment To one por-
lion of revelation, and their aversion to
another, equally removed from the er-
rors Of polytheism and the belief OF
Christianity, they occupy n station pc
culiar 10 themselves-"theyd dwell alo e
and ure not reckOned among the people"
is the graphic way in which the eloquent
Robert Hail describes the condition Of
the modern Jew.
Il Is literally true the Jews in Amer
lea are Jews still. The Jews In England
are Jeasstill; the Jews in France. Spain,
Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland, Russia,
Greece, Turkey, Egypt, are Jews still
u distin"t and separate people. A peo-
pie " ithout a nation. but still a distinct,
separate and well defined people This
phenomenon is alike without precedent
or parallel in the annals of history.
Shall we ascribe the remarkable pre-
seryatiOn of the Jews to blind chance or
10 accintht. 10 uo 80, Moalu We al, az
Ironl 10 cousnon Sense a.u az l'nuil W
the reason OF hlan; Wsnt .ne ieauer 10
grasp al 'nt pnrIlcuinie y. .ne si,ua "a, .t
anu 10 TAKE ~ al lne ul,hu'1 ue.aiIe VI .ue
picture, go tna' ko may Iuuy aPPleeiate
tue slnguNarny VI tne PleserEstion U, tue
Jews I'D spite oI tne Iapse oI ages anu
pereGi most oi Tue lnos' 'ofn'u"oie u''-
hcui''es. .,A 40.
,hey were urISen 'oI," ou' U. ouuea
anu sch,'e auons az Sne nn.'one vi
the earuh-a iate tna' ueiei ~ o'Ier peo'
pie. lhey nau 10 country. put 10
man can dehy ihe iacl .nat the Jews re-
main u'sIinct anu sopara race. lucy
are heither IenSnlneh, opnhlalus; itaI-
iahs, hustrlahs, nus'ianr, preehs' iurhs:
EhslIshlheh, Da'er, o"eoeo' UT AnerI'
cans, o9t, uls.Ihc1l'eiy' 'tws, ro maj
Ter IN what country Jury happen 70 ue
porn mere 10 cleal ClIt ana wen es-
iabllshen lHct. oGeptloIsh canh"t us
pure IL nor Irltter II away ny sophistry
ana rluicule .,o -,
10 verse o. cnsptel 20, VI Deuter-
ohouy, ooGule 'ro PioPny iespeS'!ns
,he uisp' Is'oi' vi ,ne oe"a, ~ . ane
l'ord snaIl scatter tnee among HI people,
rom me one emu VI Tue ear'n' even uhto
Inc other, eIci % verse anu ahone
'hese NATIONS, shan 'uvu nhu no east
heltneI snaIi ,ne 'o,e VI W! ioo' inv
rest put lne iIolu snhIi R.fo tnee, 'here
trethOlihg heart, anu iaiiihs Oh eyes
ana sorre" oi u,hu L., - A..
Ii 10 iac', Pae. III oou'ioNeey, 'pa'
the Jews are scatteteu anohg All peo-
pie, from one emu VI tne eafth even unto
Tue other, III iiteIai iuii1Iiilhent vi tue
prophecy tnaoe thousahus vi years oe-
fore their dispersion begun.
How nave the jews preserved their
race, as dlstihct anu ssperste race, 10
plte OF all tbe Vlclssituues oi tme ana
thr rbb ana now OF tne tloe OF Poiiticai
revolution Nations nave disappeared
rom Tue s'axeIcil.ts haNe pEeh We
stroyeu' ana oil Tue peoples OF antiquity
nave LOST All race u,st'nctlohs ana
characteristics through lntermlxture
aud fusion win tnelr cohquerors, Dut
the Jews, tnough driven lorin irom the
borders or Judea ana scattered among
all the nations or the EARN, nave re-
NAMED uistlhct anu separate people,
IN despite OF mercliess persecution ana
violence, contempt, reProscn anu con-
tumely.
Their universal dispersion over all the
earth 10 contrary TO the order VI nature.